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Porsche: F1 not road relevant

Porsche has revealed that it decided against a possible move into F1 because the sport wasn't relevant enough to its road car division.Although there has been much speculation in recent years that the German marque could be set to join the Formula One grid, Porsche has instead elected to focus on a new sportscar programme that will see it go head-to-head with Audi and Toyota in the LMP1 class of the World Endurance Championship from 2014 onwards.The new hybrid car is set to start testing later this year with technology being used on the new racing machine also being carried over to Porsche's latest road-going model.The ability to transfer such technology meant sportscars remained a more...
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